Innovation Hub
Health
The omnipresent challenges in the healthcare system, such as rising costs, demographic change and increasing diseases of civilization, also concern the Switzerland Innovation Park East. Together with our research partners, we develop and present innovative solutions to intensify prevention and make the health sector more efficient through digitalization.
Health Innovation Hub
New innovative solutions arise through interdisciplinary collaboration. This is particularly true for the extremely complex healthcare system. With the HEALTH Innovation Hub, the Switzerland Innovation Park East, together with its research partners University of St.Gallen (HSG) , Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences (OST) , Empa and the Cantonal Hospital of St.Gallen (KSSG), wants to generate and demonstrate concrete solutions for the existing challenges. Events take place in the HEALTH Innovation Hub, innovative solutions are presented in a showroom and concrete solutions are developed in workshops.
In the Health Innovation Hub
- Projects are started between research and industrial partners
- Innovative products are created around the topic of health
- Start-ups in the field of health are supported with know-how and offers
- Prevention
- Personal Health / Digital Health
- Healthy Longevity
Our offerings for networking and knowledge transfer are continually being expanded. We currently offer the following formats in the HEALTH INNOVATION HUB:
- Lecture series on general health-related topics Last year we held the lecture series “ Dementia concerns us all ”. This year, from November 8th, 2023, there will be a six-part lecture series on the topic of “ Health in Focus ”.
Target audience: interested members of the public. - Impulse lectures with experts from research and specific interest groups go into further depth and provide information about specific topics.
Target audience: companies, start-ups, and specialists
The central component of the HEALTH Innovation Hub is the exhibition and experience space. Innovative solutions that are in the market entry phase or under development are exhibited here in a tangible way. The interaction of these solutions demonstrates the possibilities that already exist and initiates creative ideation for new, even better solutions.
In workshops you will:
- New use cases and sustainable business models for newly developed technologies identified
- Designed new initiatives or projects
The Innovationspark Ost offers access to the expert knowledge of its research partners. These are in particular the Cantonal Hospital of St.Gallen , the University of St.Gallen with its Medical Master in collaboration with the University of Zurich and Empa ‘s health focus. We also initiate and support the development of digital health offerings.
Our decisions today shape the healthcare system of tomorrow.
Sven is your contact for everything to do with health!
“The future healthcare system will be shaped by technology and collaboration.”
– Sven Hoffman
